Case 2
Intranets: Invest First, Analyze Later?
Questions:1. Where and under what circumstances is the “invest first, analyze later” approach appropriate? where and when is it inappropriate? Give specific examples of technologies and other circumstances. 2. How long do you think the “invest first , analyze later” approach will be appropriate for intranet projects? When (and why) will the emphasis shift to traditional project justification approaches? (Or has the shift already occurred?) 3. What are the risks of going into projects that have not received a through financial analysis? How can organization reduce these risks? 4. Based on the numbers provided for Cadence Design System’s intranet project, use a spread sheet to calculate the net present value of the project. Assume a 5-year life for the system.

Case 3
Putting IT to Work at Home Depot
Questions:

1. Explain why the team based structure at Home Depot is so successful. 2. The structure means that the SPST reports to both marketing and technology. This is known as a matrix structure. What are the potential advantages and problems? 3. How is collaboration facilitated by IT in this case?

4. Why is the process flow important in this case?
Case 4
Dartmouth College Goes Wireless
Questions:

1.In what ways is the Wi-Fi technology changing the Dartmouth students? 2.Some says that the wireless system will become part of the background of everybody’s life – that the mobile devices are just an afterthought. Explain. 3.Is the system contributing to improved learning, or just adding entertainment that may reduce the time available for studying? Debate your point of view with students who hold a different opinion. 4.What are the major benefits of the wireless system over the previous wire line one? Do you think wire line systems will disappear from campus one day? (Do some research on the topic.)

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Part Two: Learning about the Contents of the US Constitution
Assignment Information: The US Constitution provides the framework of the US government. Since 1789, the document has been formally changed 27 times. People debate the meaning and interpretation of the Constitution, causing conflict among different groups. You are responsible for learning and knowing the information below in order to comprehend how the US government is supposed to work.
Assignment Directions:
(1) Read the US Constitution and complete the following questions.
- A great resource: http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
1. Read each article of the Constitution. Summarize the general purpose or subject of each article in 10 words or less.
Article I
This article explains power of the legislative branch in government.
Article II
This article states power in President or executive branch.
Article III
This article explains the duty of the judicial branch.
Article IV
This article explains the laws of the states in America.
Article V
Explains that amendments have to be passed by Congress.
Article VI
Constitution is the supreme law and authority must swear by it.
Article VII
Constitution was finalized and laws were agreed or disagreed on.
2. Eligibility Requirements:
Constitutional Office
List the Constitutional Qualifications to Hold this Office
Member in the House of Representatives
Must be at least 25.
Be a resident of state wanting...

...PAST SEM QUESTION:
SEPTEMBER 2011
PART A
1. True 11. False
2. True 12. True
3. True 13. True
4. True 14. False
5. True 15. True
6. True 16. False
7. False 17. True
8. False 18. False
9. True19. 19. True
10. True 20. True
PART B
1. C 11. D
2. F 12. B
3. A 13. C
4. A 14. E
5. C 15. C
6. B 16. B
7. C 17. E
8. B 18. D
9. A 19. C
10. D 20. B
PART C
Question 1
Briefly explain five (5) of the personal entrepreneurial competencies (PEC) associated with successful entrepreneurs.
I. Concern for high quality of work.
An entrepreneur acts to do things that meet certain standard of excellence which givens him greater satisfaction.
Example: compares own work or own company’s work favourably to that of other
II. Initiative
The entrepreneur should be able to take actions that go beyond his job requirements and to act faster.
Example: act to extend the business into new areas, product or services.
III. Information seeking
An entrepreneur is able to take actions on how to seek information to help achieve business objectives or clarify business problems.
Example: does personal research on how to provide a product or service.
IV. Sees and acts on opportunities
An entrepreneur always looks for and takes action on opportunities.
Example: sees and acts on new business opportunities
V. Persistence
An entrepreneur is...

...The Answer Is No From centuries to centuries the role of women has been predominantly subordinate to the role of men. Men have been known to be superior in both physical and mental levels. They are also most likely to have an "upper hand" in situations based on their gender. An example of such situation is taken place in "The Answer Is No", written by Naguib Mahfouz. This story has a considerable amount of sexual politics. On one side you have a women who is powerless and feels trapped because of her position. Yet on the other hand her weakness becomes her strength, which leads her to her "happiness." The feminism in the story is implicit. The main character is a woman who has suffered through a sexual encounter that has scarred her for life. More so, she feels that she has nowhere to go and is forced to be silent in her own misery. Badran Badwi, is the man who takes advantage of the girls innocence and nobility. He not only inflicts harm on her, but knowing that she is vulnerable he continues to terrorize her and comes back into her life without having any sense of remorse for doing what he did. "The Answer Is No" demonstrates the consequences that a woman has to suffer due to a man's ego and dominative character trait. It also represents woman as being week and vulnerable in the eyes of a man. Essentially one cannot argue that it is impossible to imagine reversing the male-female roles in this story.
This story for the most...

...Human Physiology – Spring 2013
Chapter 12 Study Questions
1. Group 1 should become experts on the structure of a sarcomere.
2. Group 2 should become experts on the sliding filament theory.
3. Group 3 should become experts on the contractile cycle of skeletal muscle.
4. Group 4 should become experts on excitation-contraction coupling.
5. Group 5 should become experts on summation and tetanus.
6. Group 6 should become experts on smooth muscle contraction.
7. What are the three types of muscle found in the human body? Where can you find each, and what does each do?
Cardiac – found in the heart
Smooth – internal organs and tubes, stomach, urinary bladder
Skeletal – attached to bones
8. What controls the contraction of the different types of muscle?
Autonomic innervations or spontaneously
9. Describe the arrangement of muscle fibers to make a muscle.
Cell membrane called sarcolemma and cytoplasm called sarcoplasm. Arranged with their long axes in parallel. Each fiber is sheath in connective tissue with groups of adjacent fibers bundled together in units called fascicles.
10. Define the terms sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, myofibrils, sarcoplasmic reticulum, terminal cisternae, t-tubules.
Sarcolemma is the cell membrane of a muscle fiber, sarcoplasm is the cytoplasm, myofibrils are highly organized bundles of contractile and elastic proteins that carry out the work of contraction, sarcoplasmic reticulum is a form of modified...

...﻿For this tutorial, students need to extract some questions from the reference book: Low, KH and Pong, SF. 2012, Information Technology and Systems, 1st edition, Cengage Learning. Please refer to the following table for details:
Question No.
Page No.
Review Question No. / Question
1
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Define the following systems:
(i) Transaction Processing System (TPS)
(ii) Management Information System (MIS)
(iii) Decision Support System (DSS)
2
159
2(b)
3
160
4(b)
4 (a)
159
1(a)
4 (b)
159
1(b)
4 (c)
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Identify the following with examples:
(i) THREE (3) levels of management in ABC BANK.
(ii) Types of decision made by each user.
Tutorial 5
1. Define the following systems:
(i) Transaction Processing System (TPS)
(ii) Management Information System (MIS)
(iii) Decision Support System (DSS)
(i) TPS
A system that processes and records day to day business transactions. A transaction is a individual business activity.
(ii) MIS
A system summarizes, compares data, and generates timely and accurate information for low and middle management to monitor and control the internal operations of an organization.
(iii) DSS
A system that to help middle and top management make decisions that solve problems by analysing data from database and providing the results of the analysis.
Help top management predict what will happen with different decisions.
2. Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) are widely used in most organizations. Give TWO (2) examples of TPS used in a manufacturing firm....